Necktie and method of making it



pril 18, 195@ 3, J, KAPLAN 2,504,843

.NECKTIE AND METHOD OF MAKING 1T Filed Sept. ll, 1946 l J2 i Patented Apr. 18, 1950 This invention pertains to neckties of the four-- in-hand type and relates to improvements designed to facilitate the formation of the knot Ain such a way that the free ends of the tie will substantially register when the knot is complete. More especially the invention relates to improvements in the tie disclosed in the patent to Kaplan No. 2,343,979, dated March 14, 1944. .The tie` disclosed in the aforesaid patent is provided withan index element spaced from the wide end of the tie and with which the small or tying end registered prior to the formation of the knot. The use of such an index as that disclosed in` the patent facilitates the proper formation of the knot and assures the substantial registry of the free ends of the tie but it involves the pulling of the tie through the collar after the collar has been attached to the shirt in order to bring the small end of the tie into registry with the index mark. Some types of collar and some types of necktie fabric make it very diii'icult to pull the tie relatively to the collar so as to adjust it, this difficulty being such as in some instances to res ult in the permanent deformation of the tie.

One object of the present invention is to provide index means so located asto enable the user of the tie to assemble it with the collar and to adjust it relatively to the collar before the latter is attached to the shirt in such a way that the.'

knot may be tied without further substantial adjustment of the tie relatively to the collar and with the assurance that when the knot is complete the ends of the tie will register.

A fur-4, ther object is to provide a tie having index means' s claims. (C1. vz--mfsi by reference to the accompanying drawings` wherein:

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic rear view of a tie embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section to larger scale substantially on the line 2 2 of Fig. l; and

Fig.` 3 is a diagram illustrating the relation of the tie to the collar in accordance with the present invention so that the ends of the tie are properly located preparatory to tying the knot.

Referring to the drawings. a four-in-hand necktie of generally conventional construction is illustrated in Fig. 1. This tie comprises the wide end portion A and the narrow end portion B, the

end portions `being united tion C. The wide end portion terminates at the point T and the narrow end portion terminates at the point M. As stated, the tie may be ofgenerally conventional construction. As here illustrated (Fig. 2) the tie comprises an outer fabric F and a lining D. However, the present invention is applicable to unlined ties as well as to those which are lined. As illustrated, the outer fabric Y F is lapped over and its edges are united by a longitudinal seam E or other usual type of fastening means.

The total length of this tie measured between the points M and T is indicated by the character L (Fig. 1). In commercial ties this length may vary somewhat but it will usually be of the order of 40 or more. The midpoint of the tieis indicated at O. The tie has an index element I arranged at the rear side of its wider end, this index element I being similar in character, location and function -to the index element described in the aforesaid patent to Kaplan. As pointed out in said patent, this index element at the rear of the wide end of the tie should be at a distance vD from the point T (measured toward the center of the tie) as expressed by the formula D=71Aaw+41/2t w being the width of that portion of the tie which is embraced in the knot, and t being the averagev thickness of the tie.

Since the thickness of commercial ties is usual- Y ly approximately 11g", the character t `in the 1 above formula may be replaced by the value ils" and with this substitution the formula is reduced to the approximate but practical form,

D=7 Azur-i- 1A" In order that the index means described inthe aforesaid patent as well as the secondary index means hereindisclosed may readily be applied to the tie by the manufacturer in accordance with production methods, that is to say without requiring that each individual tie be tested before Q the index is applied, the present invention contemplates the making of the neckband portion of the tie of a uniform width W and of a length of from 7 to 81/2" from the point O (at thev center of the length of the tie) toward the end M ofthe by the neckband por- 'offrieekbanmas above described; .en'abie'sgtnecollal VIn accordance withthe present invention a second index J is placed at the rear side of the neck band portion of the tie at a distance VV(measured toward the tip M from the center point O) which is represented by the expression Since, as above mentioned, the width w is constant, thinnufactiirr havingonce determined value ofthe distance of the index J from the center line O. Y Y

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While one desirable embodiment of the invention has been described by Way of example, it is to Vbe4 understoodfthat the7 invention is broadly within the scope of the appehdd'daims.

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